And, to some degree, this cost escalation has been fueled in part by third-party payers: insurance companies for healthcare, and easy government loans for higher ed.
The party, which rose to power in 2008 in part by widespread sympathy after the death of party leader Benazir Bhutto, has carried out what many called a lackluster campaign.
For the most part, she was adored by her party in Scotland, just as in England.
The MP for Mid-Bedfordshire has been suspended by the Parliamentary party for taking part in I'm a Celebrity...
Some voters hedged their bets in the proportional-representation part of the ballot by supporting the new Your Party that is fast emerging as a third force in Japanese politics (see article).
This was proposed by the Conservatives as part of a scheme to fund the basic pension, but rejected by the Labour Party when it was in opposition.
For his part, Trump appears to be courting party leaders by rolling out big-picture policy statements.
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Mr Advani's remarks in Pakistan seemed part of an effort to prevent a crash by softening the party's image.
The public, for its part, was well used to both main party leaders by now and showed little interest in getting to know them better.
Bahrain's state news agency BNA reported the government will take legal action against protesters "who committed violations" during Friday's rally, organized in part by Al Wefaq, Bahrain's main Shiite opposition party.
Ms Fearon has been co-opted as an MLA, replacing Conor Murphy in Newry and Armagh as part of the party's phasing out of double jobbing by its MPs.
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The creation of the al-Watan ('Homeland') Party is part of a political landscape that was dominated by a variety of Islamist parties in the last election a year ago, but is still evolving.
Powell, a former secretary of state for President Bush as well as a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said Sunday he decided, in part, to back Obama because he was troubled by the rightward direction the Republican party had taken in recent years.
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So the Conservative government is creating a new scheme, modeled after successes in Australia and New Zealand, in which the credentials and language skills of immigrants will be assessed by an independent third party, and those who pass muster will become part of a pool of potential immigrants to Canada that is available to employers.
As a lifetime senator, Mr Monti cannot run for office but can take part in an election campaign and can return to the post of prime minister if asked by a party or coalition.
The much anticipated celebration took place on Thursday (Thanksgiving in the U.S.) three days prior to the expected date for the party, reportedly a bid on the part of the Ambanis to avoid being hounded by the papparazzi.
And if you're a contractor or part-time employee, don't show up to the party unless you are specifically invited by your immediate supervisor.
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Others see his trial as part of an effort by Golkar, and by some senior figures in the army, to rehabilitate the party's image, and help make it again the country's dominant civilian political force.
Mr Cameron and his Chancellor George Osborne have insisted the veto was in part to protect the City of London from excessive intervention by Europe, but Labour and the UK Independence Party have both warned that actually no additional safeguards for it were achieved.
And so the Democrat Party, by not dealing with those kind of morality issues, I think they lose part of the flock over those issues.
This marks the first year Nevada has held its caucuses so early, pushed in part by Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who hoped early voting in his home state could help his party capitalize on their growing appeal amongst Western voters.
The SDLP's Joe Byrne confirmed his party's support for the motion, but qualified it by saying that the latter part of the motion, which calls for renewable energy sources "instead" was too prescriptive, and that the potential of fracking should be examined.
Now, by becoming part of the city-state government in Berlin, which straddles east and west, the party is hoping to win acceptance at last as a normal part of Germany's body politic, rather than be dismissed as a regional oddity, doomed to fade away as east and west grow closer together.
Mr Barak for his part, say insiders, is determined to vindicate his decision to join, bitterly criticised within his own party, by vigorously pushing for peace.
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